Vocal, Songs, Messiaen (composer)
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This debut solo album brilliantly played by the rising young organist Anna Lapwood should certainly engage organ aficionados, especially fans of the grand Harrison & Harrison instrument in Ely... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Spatial Audio
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Eve finds her voice as Prohaska and Drake navigate Eden’s bright spots and murkier corners. A heady selection of songs to intoxicate the senses; vivid storytelling and musicality. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song
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For me, the lighter popular songs that conclude the disc, with Alder floating exquisitely soft high notes, take the prize. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Song
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Vocal
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Messiaen
Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Vilde Frang (violin), Charles Sy (tenor)
This is personal. It is also special…[Chamayou's] exceptionally strong pedigree In Messiaen is apparent throughout and, as might be expected, this music fits Hannigan's superlative talents like... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Ma's sound in this album has a rather lived-in quality, golden allure replaced by gritty articulacy. Physical exertion and goal-driven intensity give way to nonchalant calm. This works in a... —
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Messiaen Edition
RecommendedAn 18-CD set offering a comprehensive overview of Messiaen’s work in recordings made between 1963 and 2000.
Olivier Messiaen, Katia and Marielle Labeque, Yvonne Loriod (piano), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Maria Oràn (soprano), Huguette Fernandez (violin), Guy Deplus (clarinet), Jacques Nielz (cello), Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano), pianos, Rachel Yakar (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Dominique...
Messiaen's own performance of the large organ cycle Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte-Trinité is included amongst the goodies on offer here. …it is thoroughly compulsive listening, and... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th July 2008
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2005, Special Review
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Building a Library, March 2017, First Choice
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This is intriguing and original music making...the performance is tremendously versatile, seductive and white-hot. —
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The golden, singing tone of Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s cello hits us the moment this dauntingly eclectic album begins. —
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Lucy Humphris’s debut album is a fascinating showpiece of her not inconsiderable technical abilities...Good, clear sound and a fascinating listen overall. —
